Ratchet-wrench.



|-i. R. WEBB, 1H. Hmmm WRENCH.

APPLICM'ION FILED APHY 12. H11?) 1,258,381, 2 mmm mamma if f w f mum mu W NEW' J To all whom may; (fome/ffii.

Be it known that l, HEM mf 'ltiiisfmm illicite.; Jr., e Citizen ol'l'lie Ullited dwzitef, and si. testi dent ol liluet (li-elige, county, ltlfew [lei-eey. have iflfveilted e. neiy and Llei-fidi lim-- prominent in Ratchet-"WIrenelles. olf' which the following; is e full, elem', :md emot de eoription.

My invention relates; to improvemeiitein mollet Wl'eueliee, and the object ol my in Vention is to produce en extremely emjvle, Strong and easily operated Wi'ei'ieli. which en li also be used 'i'oi' operating e die ne 'well ne e. wieneh jaw. y More particularly my inten tion is: intended to produce n. rutehot Wieooli so Simple that it will be inexpelieive to Imke. so strong that it 'will be practically like e solid Wrench, and so easily operated mid ncl-- jilsted that a. jew een be removed end eootliei.' one with u. diflfel'ent sind. opening ireedily substituted when desired. My invention `:deo inteilijledv to produce :i wielieh lmvieg; e

split heed, one loembei of which :forme part oli the Wrench handle, sind the other xiiembe'r of which is hinged to the limit mem bei' :md cloees against the handle to Wl'iieli it :is easily fastened. My invention also eon1- prises the consti-notion oi? e jew in which the ratchet teeth are formed ou the exterior Vof the jaw eind raised from the body oi the jew so es to turn in :L clmimel of the Wrench heed. This makes the jew simple to Ineke, easy to adjust, and unlikely to receive ,injury in use.

Reference is to be hed to the accompany ing dizmiizife forming a. part of this specilieution, in which similar: teiierenoe ohm'eeteirs indicate eom'esponding perte in ell the view fi.

Figure l :L broken side elevation partly in .Section ol? the wrench embodying my i11- Venti. Le.

f lig. f2 e eide elevation with. the wrenish heed thrown open.

Fig. il :t erosie section on the line 3W@ of Fig. l..

Fig. Il is a. detail of the jew, and

Fig. .5 is en end View of the Wrench.

- The Wi'eueh is provided with, n. jew memd i bei.' l0 Whiell le oi geuemlly cylindrical sliepe, :md het: :in opening ll'therethrougli to ieeeive e. mit or the like. @liviouely title jew een lie u. die for outtiegg e. thread, it desited. Oil the exterior' of tile jew end. et@ tending; Mound its eil'eumlereiioe ete .t

Speel-lisation of Lettere lloteijlxt.

lttfemted lifted?. lltll erml llo. 161,639.

teeth lil. 'Mio jew is emfrioifi :1v e eplit heed. comprising; memliieie 1t?. :md :im intel-iol elmiioel l5 edile-li i., 'the teetli lil, time eupjjnoiftiog the mene-li Jew l0 in jgdeoe.

The two meiiiliiers lill end lei. oli the head are hinged tiigetliei et the wrench eiod its; shown :it lo, any suitable 1i 'Loge being einf ployed, end the member 'lf3 iiiei'gges into the handle o1 shank 17 which het pi'eleiebly though. nel'. iieeeeen-iily, e Slot lll et the eed. to adept it', loi' ille ne :i wi-elioli :it tl eiid it desired. 'lflie heed eieiailziei: ld; soort the sliiirnk l5) 'which closes; into :t ifeceee 2U in the fide ol the handle li. und when oloeed completes the handle, the two parte lll und 'll' being 'lie tened 'ethmr by e. tlii'lmli mirew ill. or eqiiivili-ent instellinge The meinte-ire 13 mod lll wllei'fe they ieei'ltge timonel l5, food in time ireoi :ind in reilly iii the ii'iembei" 13. is pivote-zd e, pero?! Q23 to eii the teeth lfd, the pewl being nomi. ly pf ed into ei'igziigemeet by e.. let epi-ing ...l which liee in tile. i'eeee l, :tied the tree eed oili which rests ziggziinet tlle heeft well olf the Channel l5 in the meedoet" lf-lT is securing the ilii'pei leverage te :loiee me zlmwl .into ei'iguggemeilt with the teeth. lt will be tiotioed that the ered pottioiie olf' the jew' 1li) elfe eyliiidrical and tum in the heed members; lll and 14k Wliieh eet heeelege tot the :i o while the teeth. jl in 'ieg mis-:ed einem the general euilioe olf jew end. trmite@ the eliimiiel l5, ptet et tlm tem Iei|1w- 37mg; let-eielly. it W., else lit noticed. Miet this eoistrlietioii. leet'ee tile. i .if 'md end portions ot the heed "let umd plein tiiet the Wreneli ee e "whole hee .o exterior pto jeetione that me likely to in e" are with its .ee. lt will also be noticed met when the member 19 is closed lieto the moese 20,'the handle is lett smooth like e eolid. lezmdle.

The Wrench ie heed like im. oit'diliety ratchet Wteneh, the jew-l0 being; applied 'to the not and the Wi'eneh turned beeltwmd end forward es usuel. Vhees-e different jew to 'eeuw/d, the wwezeeli 'le opened by umol-et mg the thumb .ee'ew El, throwing; epee the heed., removing the jew i0 end eubetituting lill 'till immn'e7 and that the wrench is sind eeeiiy operated end edmmm ,E5 immonet Wfeneh comprising a Split mein ens of which ae hinged t0- @ne endg povided'with n cylindf* ig therethrough, and at one end e shank memheiis adapted to ineei; 'n u hanche, one Shank being r ei'her :md iitiii'ng in e e011- f in the opposed nn'aifnher`J 

